Goosedale Model Flying Club, Nottingham

Joining and Contact Information

Club Announcement:
Should you wish to join the club, please complete a membership application form and your submission will be
acknowledged and either be accepted, or placed on a waiting list, dependent upon membership demand.

Contact Details
If you are interested in joining our club please e-mail the Committee using
If you have any queries, please check out our FAQ page before emailing us as you may find that your question
has already been answered, in which case you'll get your answer much quicker!

Alternatively you can visit us in person at the flying field where any member of
the committee can arrange your membership if there are any vacancies.

Should you require any help on the choice of equipment you will need as a
newcomer to the sport, we will be pleased to advise you. Alternatively, or in addition, you may also
register at the forums to ask the
participating members of the club and they will be pleased to help you.

Club Officers
The following members have been elected to Committee posts for the club year 2018 / 2019:

Chairman

Mike Brentnall

Vice Chairman

Garry White

Treasurer

Peter Moseley

Secretary

Brian Marshall

Membership Secretary

Derek Holey

Senior Safety Officer

Malcolm Swinburne

Safety Officers (FW)

Roy Jacklin

Safety Officer (Heli)

Darryl Hinde

Safety Officer (Noise)

Dave Parnham

Child Protection Officer

Frank Langford

Liaison / PR Officer

Peter White

Web Maintenance Officer

Angus Cook

Membership Details:
For rejoining members, there is no joining fee.
For new members (please see below for the Club's definition of a 'new member'), a joining fee of £5 will be charged for both junior and senior members.
The club year 2017/2018 runs from 1st March 2017 to 28th February 2018.
The club year 2018/2019 runs from 1st March 2018 to 28th February 2019.
The rates shown for 2018/2019 are subject to confirmation at the AGM to be held 23rd Feb 2018

Adult Rates:
For the full year 2018/2019, if membership is paid before 1st March 2018, the annual adult rate is £70.
Thereafter, an adult may join for the remainder of the year at a rate of £6 per month.
On this basis, a new adult joining during May 2018 will pay for 10 months
membership at £6 per month plus the £5 joining fee, giving a total of £65.

Junior Rates:
A Junior is defined as a person who has not turned 18 as of the 1st March 2018. Therefore, someone whose
18th birthday falls during the club year 2018/2019 will be eligible for junior rates.
For the full year 2018/2019, if membership is paid before 1st March 2018,
the annual junior rate is £18.
Thereafter, a junior may join for the remainder of the year at a rate of £1.50 per month.
On this basis, a junior joining during May 2018 will pay for 10 months membership at £1.50 per month plus the
£5 joining fee, giving a total due amount of £20.

Ready Reckoner for New Members
To help you work this out, please see the following table of fees which provides the monthly rates and joining fee:

Join when

Junior rate

Adult rate

Before March 1st 2018

Full year - £23.00

Full year - £75

During March 2018

£23.00

£77.00

During April 2018

£21.50

£71.00

During May 2018

£20.00

£65.00

During June 2018

£18.50

£59.00

During July 2018

£17.00

£53.00

During August 2018

£15.50

£47.00

During September 2018

£14.00

£41.00

During October 2018

£12.50

£35.00

During November 2018

£11.00

£29.00

During December 2018

£9.50

£23.00

During January 2019

£8.00

£17.00

During February 2019

£6.50

£11.00

Existing (Renewing) Members
For existing members, the rejoining fee for adults is £70 and for juniors, £18.

All memberships expire at the end of the club year (the club year starts on 1st March each year).

Important
This pro-rata basis is only available to new members and members rejoining after being non members for at least the previous 12 months.

New Members
A "new member" is one who either has never joined our club OR has allowed his membership to lapse for a period of 12 months or more.

New members join on a three-month probationary basis. This means that, after three months of membership, the Committee will decide
whether the new member will be allowed to continue in membership or not. If you fall into this category and after three months the
Committee decides that you may not become a full member, then you will receive
a refunud of the portion of the year for which you will no longer be a member.

For example, suppose a new member pays on 1st March 2018 for a full year.
If, after that time, his membership is not approved then the member will receive a refund of £54,
which covers the remainder of the club year (less the joining fee).

BMFA fees for 2018
Senior £34.00
Junior £17.00

BMFA membership runs from 1st January to 31st December.

For full details of the BMFA rates, please refer to the
Join page on the BMFA website.

Goosedale Membership Form
You can print our application form and post it off to the membership Secretary together with the appropriate fee
(please refer to the notes on the back of the form for details).

For the PDF version, you will need a PDF reader such as
Adobe Reader
or Foxit Reader (both are free downloads).
For the DOC version, you'll need Microsoft Word or a compatible product (please be aware that Open Office does not always render DOC files correctly,
so if you use Open Office then you may be better off with the PDF version).

Please note that BMFA memberships are not processed by the Club; you are responsible for sorting this out for yourself.